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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1488, 1567-1568
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Cotonit, Cottond, ppl. a. [e.m.E. cottoned, f. cotton v. (1557), F. cotonner, It. cotonare.] Of cloth: Having a nap raised on it. — 1488 Treasurer's Accounts I. 164.
For viii elne of cotonyt quhit clath to lyne the saim hos a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlviii. 45.
Cottond and schorne, the mair it be worne Ȝe find ȝour self the gritter fule
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